SAN FRANCISCO - Phishers use all kinds of come-ons to lure their victims. But one persistent piece of spam tries to trick people by offering an upgrade to Adobe Acrobat. Detailed by security provider Cloudmark in a blog posted yesterday, this type of advertising spam e-mails users a notice to upgrade to the new Adobe
SAN FRANCISCO - A malicious Android app that masquerades as a free version of a legitimate app steals data and sends spam text messages and a warning that chastise the user for trying to get around paying for the actual app, Symantec said. The app, available on several file-sharing sites in North America and Asia
TROY - As a National Center of Academic Excellence, Walsh joins the Department of Homeland Security to host the "Stop. Think. Connect." event - part of the Cyber Citizens Forum on April 5 at the Troy campus. Attend to learn safe use of the Internet, and awareness of risks like fraud, identity theft, cyber predators,
SAN FRANCISCO - Information about RSA's SecurID authentication tokens used by millions of people, including government and bank employees, was stolen during an "extremely sophisticated cyberattack," putting customers relying on them to secure their networks at risk, the company said. "Recently, our security systems identified an extremely sophisticated cyberattack in progress being mounted against RSA,"
WASHINGTON DC - Rustock, purveyor of more e-mail spam than any other network in the world, was brought down by Microsoft and US Marshals. A lawsuit by Microsoft that was unsealed at the company's request triggered several coordinated raids last Wednesday that took down Rustock, a botnet that infected millions of computers with malicious code
STERLING HEIGHTS - Rave Computer is now ITAR registered through The Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance, Compliance and Registration Division, giving the purpose-driven computer system manufacturer the green light to sell to the military. The International Traffic in Arms Regulation is a set of United States government regulations that control the export and import
SAN FRANCISCO - Malware has been found in the wild that masquerades as harmless Linux/Unix-like software for routers, but is in fact an IRC backdoor. The malware, which poses as a .elf file, has infected machines in Latin America, security company Trend Micro said in a blog post reported by CNET News.Com. Trend Micro has
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Google has acquired German security firm Zynamics, which was founded in 2004 by respected security expert Thomas Dullien, better known in the hacking community as "Halvar Flake." "We're pleased to announce that Zynamics has been acquired by Google!" read a short statement provided on Zynamics' blog and reported by CNET News.Com. "If
SAN FRANCISCO - Old scams hiding under new headlines were circulating on Facebook this week, including promises of video involving obsessed Justin Bieber fans. "I can't believe a GIRL did this because of Justin Bieber," says the post that has been appearing on Facebook walls and status updates. Clicking the link leads to a fake
WASHINGTON DC - Sen. Charles Schumer wants online companies to switch to a more secure protocol to better protect consumers who access Web sites via public Wi-Fi hot spots. The New York Democrat issued a call to such companies as Amazon and Twitter to switch their default pages to HTTPS from HTTP to help prevent